Capacity choices and price competition in experimental markets

Experimental Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-52

  Anderhub, Vital ^a   Güth, Werner ^b   Kamecke, Ulrich ^a   Normann, Hans Theo ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bertrand Edgeworth; Cournot; Experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043154986     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024248608752     Document Type: Article

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